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We drank Croft. We drank Croft, at the Boot & Flogger, on Tuesday 7th November 2023.

• Review of evening as a whole;
• Tasting notes:
  • 1927 Croft;
  • 1935 Croft;
  • 1945 Croft;
  • 1950 Croft;
  • 1955 Croft;
  • 1960 Croft;
  • 1963 Croft;
  • 1966 Croft;
  • 1970 Croft;
  • 1975 Croft;
  • 1977 Croft;
  • 1991 Croft;
  • 1994 Croft;
  • 2000 Croft;
  • 2003 Croft;
  • 2011 Croft;
  • 2017 Croft;
• Placemats, and the food order;
• Planning and arrangements.

Open and double decant 2030. A lovely deep ruby. Substantial amounts of very fine sediment- a real decanting challenge.

QA sample from the dregs shows nose of blue fruit and grapes, hint of cinnamon; very sweet red fruit on front palate then the tannins appearing unsurprisingly early. In fine form.

85% opacity. No further note but I gave 2 points so it must have been as good as the 2011s usually are.

Almost completely opaque, red rim. This is already so good I almost wonder whether it will make old bones. 2 points from me.